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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7949438 | Method and device for determining the width of a safety corridor for an aircraft and method and system for securing the automatic low-altitude flight of an aircraft A method and device for determining the width of a safety corridor for an aircraft and to a method and system for securing the automatic low-altitude flight of an aircraft. The device includes an input device which can be used by an operator in order to enter a plur... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949058 | Radio receiving apparatus and radio receiving method A radio receiver apparatus and a radio transmitter apparatus wherein the energy loss caused by addition of GI is suppressed, while the reception quality is improved. A signal having been subjected to an IFFT process is repetitively transmitted N times with a length ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949057 | Spectrum coding apparatus, spectrum decoding apparatus, acoustic signal transmission apparatus, acoustic signal reception apparatus and methods thereof A spectrum coding apparatus capable of performing coding at a low bit rate and with high quality is disclosed. This apparatus is provided with a section that performs the frequency transformation of a first signal and calculates a first spectrum, a section that conv... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949056 | Balanced transmitting apparatus A balanced transmission signal Tx (t) (voltage e, −e) is applied to a transmission line (L1, L2), a suppression signal (ec) is generated from a common mode suppression signal source (ec), and the suppression signal (ec | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948936 | Quality-of-service (QoS)-aware scheduling for uplink transmission on dedicated channels The invention relates to a method for scheduling in a mobile communication system where data of priority flows is transmitted by mobile terminals via dedicated uplink channels to a base station. Each mobile terminal transmits at least data of one priority flow via o... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946532 | Furniture unit for a vehicle, especially an aircraft A furniture unit for a vehicle includes a seat having a side that is joined permanently to a couch. The general direction of the couch is angled, forwards of the seat, with respect to the direction in which the seat faces. A squab of the seat and a squab of the couc... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945980 | Bridge deck A bridge deck (20) includes a plurality of rows (72, 74) of tubes (44) each extending between tube ends (46) with the tubes (44) disposed adjacent to each other in a side by side relationship. The bridge deck (20) includes l... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945777 | Identification information protection method in WLAN inter-working By introducing a hierarchical encryption scheme and the use of asymmetric cryptography, the critical information in message exchanges is concealed from unauthorized entities. This helps greatly in preventing man-in-the-middle attacks faced by inter-working. In addit... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941153 | Radio communication base station device and control channel arrangement method Provided is a radio communication base station device which can obtain a maximum frequency diversity effect of a downstream line control channel. The device includes: an RB allocation unit (101) which allocates upstream line resource blocks continuous on the ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941145 | Address registration control device A technique for preventing an MN (Mobile Node) having a plurality of interfaces from being caught in an infinite transfer loop includes, when each of the plurality of interfaces of the MN is connected to an HN (Home Network), in the MN, an abnormal transfer measures... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941109 | Polar modulation transmission apparatus and transmission power control method As explained above, according to embodiments of the present invention, by providing averaging section 111 that detects an average power value of amplitude component signals, and controlling transmission power based on the amount of drift in the average output... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940728 | Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method A wireless communication method capable of preventing reduction of the throughput. According to this wireless communication method, in a frame (2), a relay station (1) decides that the amount of delay to be Δt2 because the modulation scheme of a relay... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940641 | Wireless communication base station apparatus, wireless communication mobile station apparatus and pilot signal sequence allocating method in multicarrier communication A wireless communication apparatus by which the orthogonality between the pilot signal sequences between adjacent sectors or cells can be prevented from collapsing due to a frequency selectivity fading. In this apparatus, modulating parts (102-1 to ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937851 | Process for treatment of biomass feedstocks A method and apparatus for continuously treating a moist biomass feedstock is disclosed. The method includes treating a biomass feedstock with a swelling agent in a pressurized first vessel, transferring the feedstock to a second vessel at a lower operating pressure... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936811 | Modulation apparatus, modulation method, and demodulation apparatus A modulating device capable of generating an OFDM signal and having a drastically improved frequency use efficiency. The modulating device has modulators (6, 8 (11, 13, 106, 108, 111, 113)) for modulating a signal to be modulated and having a Nyquist r... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936167 | Rotary velocity sensor and rotary position and velocity sensor A rotary velocity sensor includes a stator having a coil and a rotor having a permanent magnet. The rotor is substantially coaxially aligned with the central longitudinal axis of the stator, surrounds the coil, and is rotatable with respect to the stator about the a... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935376 | Waxy wheat products and processes for producing same This invention relates to a storage stable buoyant waxy grain wherein the waxy grain is waxy triticale and waxy wheat. The starch in the waxy grain is gelatinized throughout and the cooked waxy grains of this invention can be stored for prolonged times in air tight ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933714 | Device for assisting ground navigation of an aircraft on an airport A device includes a current position unit for determining a current position of a aircraft, a mapping database, a navigation system, a current heading unit for determining the current heading of the aircraft, and a display system for displaying on a viewing screen, ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932858 | Satellite positioning method and system A satellite terrestrial positioning system is disclosed in which navigation satellites verify, in an autonomous manner, essential information that is transmitted to users using unidirectional links received from reference beacons. ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931685 | Method and system for treatment of regurgitating heart valves A system and process for correction of regurgitation of heart valves. With mitral valves in particular, the anterior leaflet is advanced through use of a D-plasty patch and a narrow annuloplasty ring which compresses the lateral dimension of the valve. Other specifi... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931526 | 21 to the river A method of playing a Blackjack game provides a side-bet against a bust. Should a bust occur the bust card is combined with four subsequently dealt playing cards to define a five-card poker hand. This resulting poker hand is compared to a predetermined hierarchy of ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931235 | System for deicing the leading edge of a nose inlet cowl turbine engine The invention concerns a system for deicing the leading edge of a nose inlet cowl for a turbine engine. The invention is characterized in that one of the two elements formed by the pressurized hot air supply duct (6) and by the protective casing (15) i... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930949 | Linear motion assembly with monitoring system and method of monitoring A linear motion assembly comprising a first body arranged for operable communication with a second body for translation of the first body and the second body relative to one another. At least one of the two bodies carries a sensor that detects and monitors informati... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930070 | System, method, and module capable of curtailing energy production within congestive grid operating environments A system, method, and module capable of curtailing energy production within congestive grid operating environments, according to are an aspect, including a method of managing power generation of a power generation site operable to be coupled to a transmission line i... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929994 | Base station apparatus There are provided a communication system, a base station control device, and a base station device capable of improving communication quality. In the communication system (100), the base station control device (120) totalizes information on the number... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929988 | Radio reception apparatus and radio reception method Provided is a radio communication method or the like for making compatible an improvement in error rate characteristics and a reduction in delay. The radio communication method is used in a mobile communication system (1) including a mobile station (10... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929859 | Coil spring structure of shutter button camera device and button structure of electronic device In a camera device 1a with a shutter button 2 for transmitting an externally-applied pressing force to a switch 7, a boss 24 has a first end attached to the shutter button 2, and a second end opposed to the switch 7, ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929635 | Communication apparatus and communication method Modulated signal A is transmitted from a first antenna, and modulated signal B is transmitted from a second antenna. As modulated signal B, modulated symbols S2(i) and S2(i+1) obtained from different data are transmitted at time i and tim... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926888 | Braking apparatus The present invention discloses a braking apparatus for a vehicle having a brake pedal. The braking apparatus includes a master cylinder having a reservoir for retaining a brake fluid. At least one hydraulically actuated brake is in fluid communication with the mast... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926760 | Method for producing an aircraft with reduced environmental impact and the aircraft thus obtained An aircraft with reduced environmental impact includes a turboprop, having two contra-rotating propellers, disposed on the rear portion on the back of the aircraft's fuselage so that the interaction noise of the propellers is masked, in the forward direction, by the... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926261 | Turbofan provided with a pre-cooler The invention is a turbofan provided with a pre-cooler. In order to evacuate the heated cool air stream, at least one discharge pipe is arranged in a chamber and connects the pre-cooler to at least one discharge orifice provided in the inner fairing, in output of an... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925239 | Power line communication apparatus and power line communication method A power line communication apparatus is provided with an auto gain detector that detects a gain fluctuation of an AGC (Auto Gain Control) circuit that automatically adjusts a gain of a received signal; a retry ratio calculator that calculates a ratio of retry based ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924990 | Communication apparatus, integrated circuit, and communication method A communication apparatus repeatedly outputs a first multi-carrier signal SS during predetermined periods T1, T2, T3, . . . , and outputs a second multi-carrier signal RS whose phase vector is different from that of the first multi-carrier signa... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924842 | Packet transfer method in communication network system and packet processing method in communication device constituting the system There is disclosed a technology in which a packet to be sent to a mobile terminal (an MN), distributed from a correspondent node (a CN), can surely reach the MN even in a situation in which the MN is moving. According to the technology, identification information of... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924804 | Scheduling depending on quality of service and channel properties A method is described for scheduling a plurality of data flows to a plurality of shared channels in a wireless communication system transmitting data packets in time intervals of frames and applying adaptive modulation and coding. The method comprises the steps of d... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924745 | Hybrid mobile communication system comprising multi-hop-ad-hoc and circuit-switched modes According to the present invention, connection can be always maintained between the mobile node and the access router, and disruption of on-going transport session can be prevented by making effective use of two architectures (hierarchical and mesh architectures). T... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924235 | Antenna apparatus employing a ceramic member mounted on a flexible sheet An antenna apparatus used in a wireless communication medium or a wireless communication medium processing apparatus constructed by a constitution of including a magnetic member in which a magnetic ceramic powder is used as a major component thereof and which is pro... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924098 | High frequency amplifier circuit and mobile communication terminal using the same A first FET is inserted in a series position between a signal input terminal and a signal output terminal, while second and third FETs are inserted in a shunt position respectively between the signal input terminal and a ground terminal and between the signal output... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921704 | Virtual flex fuel sensor for spark ignition engines using ionization signal Alcohol concentration level of flex fuel is estimated based upon in-cylinder ionization signals. The in-cylinder ionization signals are integrated and the rotational completion point of a chosen percentage of the integration total is identified as the integration lo... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921624 | Unitary transporter base and shaper and slip frame former for forming a transportable container The present invention relates to a method of producing a transportable container for bulk goods. A bag is placed through a former opening of a slip frame former which surrounds a portion of the bag. The bag receives the bulk goods from a feed source. A stretch wrap ... | 04/12/2011 |
